Chaplain R A
Nattermann Research Laboratories, 5 Cologne 30 and Dept. of Physiology, University of Mainz, Mainz, G.F.R.
Neurosci Lett. 1976 Oct;3(3):133-7. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(76)90082-3.
The bulbus olfactorius of the rabbit provides an easily accessible brain structure with well-ordered layers of granule cells. Slices of granule cell layers have been utilized for intracellular recordings using microelectrodes with bevelled tips of 0.11-0.12 microm diameter. Among the recorded changes in membrane potential most frequent are groups of 2-13 wavelets increasing continuously in amplitude until finally an impulse is discharged on top of a wave. Further, regular sinusoidal rhythms have been observed. As the slow-wave activity disappears after treatment with inhibitors of intermediary metabolism, such as iodoacetate or malonate, the rhythmic potential changes in granule cells appear to be of metabolic origin.
